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Feb.' 19 1924o L. ROTH THEATER CHAIR Filed May 2o. 1920 Fatenteel Feb. 19, i924..

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LOUIS ROTH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO STERLING BRONZE COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

THEATER CHAIR.

6' Application filed May 20, 1920. Serial No. 882,731.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, Louis Born, a sul ject of Austria-Hungary, residing at the city of New York, county of Bronx, and

a State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Theater Chairs, of which the following is a specication.

This invention is a chair for use in public auditoriums, such as opera houses, theaters,

10 churches, and other places of public assemblage; but the invention is useful more particularly, in connection with moving picture show places.

The ventilation of public auditoriums is a matter of serious concern, for the reason that the inflow of warm air in cold weather and of cool air in warm weather should take place under such conditions as to preclude the inflow into contact with the occupants of the seats.

One object of my invention is to control the inflow of air in a manner to direct the inflowing air into the aisles separating the rows of seats, thus avoiding the disagreeable sensation of warm or cool air flowing into contact with the occupants of the seats.

To the accomplishment of this and other objects my invention consists in several distinct features of novelty, among which are means for controlling the flow of air in a manner to direct it through a grill or open work member of an end seat of a row of seats, thus effecting the discharge of warm or cool air into the aisle between the rows of seats; and means for directing the inflow of air downwardly toward the floor of the aisle.

Other functions and advantages of the in vention will appear from the following description taken in connection with the drawings, wherein- Figure l is a plan view illustrating diagrammatically the system for Ventilating an auditorium as embodied in this invention.

Figure 2 is an end elevation, partly in section, of an end member of a row of seats.

Figure 3 is a vertical cross section, partly in elevation, of the end member of the row of seats.

In carrying my invention into practice, the floor A of a theatrical auditorium is provided with a flue B for feeding air, it

being understood that warm air is to be supplied in cold weather and that cool air is admitted in warm weather, whereby the auditorium is warmed or cooled and ventilated according to the season of the year. The liuc B may be of form approved by ventila* tion engineers or architects, and located as deeme-d most desirable; but it is shown as unitary with the Hoor and in Figure 1 the dotted lines indicate that said flue extends beneath the aisle C separating the rows D of seats.

At the end of each row of seats is an up right member or chair frame E provided as usual with an arm rest c, provision being made on the end member for hingedly supporting the seat D at d, see Figure 3.

According to this invention, the seat member E is equipped with air controlling means for directing the flow of air fed by flue B into the aisle C.

rlfhe end member E is provided below the normal plane of the seat D with a grill or open work F, the same being composed usually of cast metal and fastened in position iixedly to the end member E in any suitable manner; said grill being provided with openin's f and said grill being a plain fiat plate as shown or it may be of any ornamental character desired.

Positioned adjacent the grill and beneath the normal plane Lof the seat is a flue member (i, the same being composed of sheet, pressed or cast metal and of a form which enables it to be applied compactly beneath the seat and in cooperative relation to the grill F, whereby the flue member offers the least possible interference with the occupancy of the end seat by the patron of the show. As shown, this flue member is of tapering form, comprising an inclined side wall g and parallel end walls g', said flue member being open at the bottom thereof and open also on one side, as shown in Figure 3. The tapering iue member is positionedV in opposing or facing relation to the grill, so Athat the inclined wall g is in downwardly diverging relation to the grill, and

`said flue member is secured iiXedly in position, as by the screws g2 to the floor A and by an interlocking relation at g3 to the end member E, whereby the flue member G is retained in fixed relation to the end member and grill thereof, and producing a tapering space or chamber G acting as means for directing and feeding air to the slots f of the grill.

The air duct B is in communication with the flue member G at the end member E of the lrows of `seats through the medium oi' branch lues Z) which open througlith'e iloor A into the spaces or chambers Gf of the flue members G, see dotted lines in Figure l and 'full lines in Figures 2 and 8, whereby the inloiving air is distributed through the flue members lG and is directed to `new through thegrills F intothe aisle C at the respective margins oi the aisle and at intervals throughout the length thereof.

The upper part of each ilue member G isprovided With a hood l1 which is archedV in cross section and'terminates in adowii- Wardly 4curved langet, see Figure '3. vBeneath the hood "is positioned a source of light, herein shovvn as an incandescent electric lamp l, the latter being intermediate the hood andthe top edge of the grill. As shown, the air deilectinghood l-l is or may be .provided'with a number pla-te -J adapted -tobe illuminated by the Vlamp l.

The hood Vll of the tapering flue member G' is in -ove'rhanging relation to grill l? through which the air is distributed into the aisle, and although' one function of the hood is to shield the lilluminating means, yet it is to be understood that said hood co-operates with the 'grill in vthe distribution-ol' air Within the aisle, for the reason thatthe hood projects forwardly lfrom the vertical :plane of the grill, said hood operating to preclude theupward floxvot the air alongside the outer surface of the-chair end and to deflect vthe inilowing air toward the aisle.

Having thus fully described theinvention, what l claim as nenT and desire tesecurebyLetters Patent is:

l. ln a theaterchair, the combination 'with a chair ifraniepositioned adjacent-an aisle, Vof a grill mounted Within Athe cliair frame and extending trom the door to a :point intermediate the ends ofsaid chair frame, an iinperitorate flue plate secured to the floor and inclined relatively to the vtop of the grill, said vilue plate having end Wings extending therefrom and j oinedwith the grill, and means forsecuringthe grill to the chair member independently of vthe Viue plate, whereby air may be directed into Vthe aisle.

2. Inav theater chair, the combination Wit-h a chair frame positioned adjacent an aisle, of a-'grill mounted Withinthe' chair rameand'ex'tending from theiloor toa point intermediate thel ends'oisaid cha-ir frame, an `imperforateV flue plate-secured to the door and inclined relatively to the top i ,renters and in overhanging relation to the grill to serve as deflector for directing the inflowing air downwardly, said flue plate having inclined end Wings unitary Vwith said flue plate and extending substantially tov the grill.

3. In a theater chair, the combination with a chair :trame positionedadjacent an aisle, oi a grill mounted Within the chair Jraine and extending rom the floor to a point interme diate the ends of said chair frame in the V)lane ofthechairirame a flue late eX- tending from a conduit flue beneath the chair to a pointabove the fgrill, said iiue plate being-'inclined toward the top `ofthe grill and terminating in un a-rcuatedeilector extendingr over and beyondfthe vertical plane otthefgrill-to direct the -inovv oair downwardly toivard the faisleiiloor, said flue plate being .provided vWit-h tapering side walls extending from the conduit-flue to the top ofthe grill, said flue plate fandlgrill being in'dependently'securedA to the il'oorV and to the c-hairitrame respectively.

et. In `a theater chair, the combination with a chair member positioned'adjacent an aisle, yandan air-supply conduitfsaid chair member having a side member landpivoted 'seat member, oli-an imperforatel-flue-member positioned .beneath thefseat to 'ormia con* tinuation .of the vair supply'zeonduit, raggrill mounted Within vthe =side member :of `the chair member and extending from the'oor to a point nea-r the ,y pivot ofthe chair =seat, an dV into substantial Contact f with side `Wings of the? lue -meinber,V said ilue member being inclined from theoortoward the top Vvof the grill,out\of contact with the chairiseat When-'moved on its pivot, and terminating in a cowl-likedeflectorf'eirtending over 'the -gri'll to direct theflotvfofiair frointhe conduit-flue 'through the grill downwardly into *theV aisle.

v5. ln -faltheater chair, ltlie combination iwitha chair frame-positioned adjacent an aisle, of a-grill'attached to said chair frame in y substantially the vertical yplane thereof andin facing-relation torthe'faislefand `a tapering imperforate flueA pl ateI in- =opposing relation to the grill and inclined down- Wardlyffrom the chair frame toward the idool',Z the endsy fof 'said flue plate being fat- -air through the-grill, therear-Wallfofsaid due member terminating in a hoodinleverhanging relation to-said grill.

7 In afdevice of the classdescribed, the combination with anend member of an III auditorium chair, of a grill in fixed relation to said end member, means fo-r feeding air through said grill, and a deflector forming a part of the air feeding means and extending forwardly beyond the plane of said grill for directing the iniowing air downwardly.

8. In a device of the class described, the combination with an end member of an auditorium chair, of a grill in facing relation to an aisle, and a flue plate in opposing relation to the grill, said flue pla-te being provided with a deflector formed integral therewith and extending over the grill and beyond the vertical plane thereof so as to direct the nflowing air downwardly. A

9. In a device of the class described, the combination with an end member of an auditorium chair, of an air distributing grill, an imperforate flue plate in inclined relation to the grill, and a deflector extending beyond the plane of said grill, said deiector being unitary with the flue plate and extending over the grill.

In testimony whereof I have signed my 25 name hereto this 17th day of May, 1920.

LOUS ROTH. 

